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title: Install age on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of age for Linux - Simple, modern and secure file
  encryption tool
url: https://snapcraft.io/age-encryption
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# age (age-encryption)

[Noor Eldeen Mansour (nooreldeensalah99)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/nooreldeensalah99 "View all snaps from Noor Eldeen Mansour (nooreldeensalah99)")

* [Noor Eldeen Mansour (nooreldeensalah99)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/nooreldeensalah99 "View all snaps from Noor Eldeen Mansour (nooreldeensalah99)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 1.3.1

Install latest/stable of age

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install age-encryption
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* age-encryption

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### License

* BSD-3-Clause

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### Last updated

* 4 February 2026 - latest/stable
* 4 March 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/FiloSottile/age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age "https://github.com/FiloSottile/age")

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### Contact

* [github.com/nooreldeensalah/age-snap/issues](https://github.com/nooreldeensalah/age-snap/issues "https://github.com/nooreldeensalah/age-snap/issues")

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### Source code

* [github.com/FiloSottile/age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age "https://github.com/FiloSottile/age")
* [github.com/nooreldeensalah/age-snap](https://github.com/nooreldeensalah/age-snap "https://github.com/nooreldeensalah/age-snap")

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### Command › Alias

* age-encryption.age › age
* age-encryption.age-keygen › age-keygen
* age-encryption.age-inspect › age-inspect

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/nooreldeensalah/age-snap/issues](https://github.com/nooreldeensalah/age-snap/issues "https://github.com/nooreldeensalah/age-snap/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/age-encryption#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/age-encryption#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/age-encryption#tab-security)

#### Simple, modern and secure file encryption tool

A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

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## Install age on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-encryption/raspbian)